Did Shadow Die?

[DewyTheD]

Cannonically - no shadow was saved by one of Dr Eggman's robots, but in real life the character was killed off, but fans let sega know that we wanted to see shadow return... and that kids is why the game Shadow The Hedgehog exists

[Firebow59]

I think Sega meant to end him there but were like "He's popular, let's keep him."

[TaeBot]

he died in the game but people wanted him back so they brought him back

[sonicfan714]

Shadow the hedgehog was planned to die in the title sonic adventure 2.
it's even explained how he loses his form at the end of the game via voice lines by sonic ( jesus that audio)
after he fell to earth he would seemingly die off as he landed, but this turns out to be false as seen in shadow the hedgehog
in the final boss of the game eggman states how that shadow is the same shadow from the sa2 game.
hope that answers your question

[Ijustliketoplaysonicgames]

The thing is he DID come back in heroes, and maybe he luckily just fell on something to break his fall. Plus, he IS the ultimate life form so he probably would survive.